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The Canon EOS R7 Mark II is coming at some point in Q2 of 2026, likely in late May or early June. It will be a popular camera amongst enthusiasts and prosumers.
Any sort of detailed specifications for the R72 won't be arrive until much closer to the announcement date as is normal. I do think the 39MP sensor is highly-likely, as sensor hints tend to come earlier.
Canon EOS R10 Mark II
One of Canon's best selling cameras, the EOS R10 will also Mark II version later in 2026 I am told. The R10 is one of Canon's best selling ILC cameras globally. While it may not be a big deal in these parts, it's best to keep churning out high volume cameras.
Canon did say in their recent financials that their goal in 2026 is to increase sales of lower end APS-C sensor cameras. There are some massive markets out there that Canon wants to dominate, most noteably India and China.
The EOS R7 and EOS R10 were announced at the same time, but they won't be this time. I don't think they'll share sensors or really anything else. I suspect the R10 Mark II will remain the “Flagship of the volume cameras” like the EOS R50 and EOS R100.
The R10 is equipped with a 24.2MP sensor, and I could see it moving up to the current 32.5MP sensor found in the EOS R7. It makes sense to continue to use an existing sensor to keep costs down.
Any Other APS-C Cameras Coming in 2026?
No idea to be honest. I don't think we'll get a follow-up to the EOS R50 because of the EOS R50 V sharing a lot of the same components. The EOS R100 will role along as the most affordable EOS R camera through Christmas I predict.
Those cameras aren't really enthusiast products. Trying to get the price down to move more of them is probably the goal, but who knows if they'll be able to bring them down considering how things are going globally.
I don't get the feeling that we're going to be seeing new full-frame cameras in 2026. I suppose the EOS R8 would be the most likely to get a follow-up. It just makes sense to try and keep it as affordable as possible. It is a great camera body.
That's tricky to price, indeed.
While I would like such a thing, I don’t see an R10II going IBIS unless competitors make cheaper crop IBIS bodies, too. Or if it outright replaces the R7I.
Looking around, Fuji's X-E5, Sony's A6700 and the Lumix S9 are priced more like an R7I, Nikon has no aps-c IBIS, leaving M4/3 bodies as the only IBIS competitors around the R10. Hence I think Canon has more incentive to leave IBIS out and “protect” the R7 unless another maker puts pressure on them.
If R7 mkII goes upmarket the R10 mkII should too.
Interesting, so Canon should follow the lead of their competitiors. I always thought Canon really likes to take the lead instead of following it.
Personally, just more reasons to offer an ibis equipped R10ii.
If rumors are true for the R7ii, it doesn't need protection from an ibis equipped R10ii. They'll be in totally different segments.
That sounds awesome. Yeah, I shouldn’t be so cynical about IBIS. But:
> Interesting, so Canon should follow the lead of their competitiors. I always thought Canon really likes to take the lead instead of following it.
Not necessarily on pricing, heh. And the cheapness of the R7I would still put it in a weird spot.
So an R9 basically? Like a 90D. I buy that.
Imho R9 will be the entry-level full frame body positioned below the future R8 MkII.
But I'm not sure if waiting for the R10ii makes sense if the R7i can be bought now for 1000 EUR? Would it be cheaper, or have more features? A newer and faster sensor - probably not. How likely is it to get the LP-E6 battery? Newer software, probably - but better than the R7i? Most of its technology will be recycled from previous models, and not from the high end ones either.
Yeah, when it comes to pricing the manufacturers kind like to play chicken. Just like Canon and Sony did with the R6iii and A7V.
Agreed again.
If Canon sells off the current R7s, then yes, R10ii will have its place. In this regard, Canons timeline makes sense: The current R7 can be bought for 1.100 € at certain sale events, the R7ii will be released in may and the R10ii in Q4 and probably when stock of the R7 has diminished drastically.
I'm in this dilemma.
I'm actually considering trading my R50V for an R7I or a future R10II and some feature dilemmas I'm facing are:
- Color file video shooting. The R50V has more "clog3-like" video modes than the R7, with HDR PQ, HLG, standard and Canon Rec 709 with tons of tuning for each color profile. AND I can bake in 33-point LUTs. The HDR PQ file (with some tweaks) looks incredible straight of the R50V, so I'd really, really miss this.
- Long GOP video shooting (whereas the R7I only seems to encode all-I).
- More granular bitrate selection, eg shooting SDR in 10-bit HEVC instead of being forced to use AVC like the R7.
- More autofocus subject types. I forget what the R7 has, but newer bodies can specify cars, animals, or a database of specific people, and some AF features are missing from the R7.
- Allegedly better color profiles for HDR PQ still shooting than the older R7's HDR color tuning.
- A less extreme crop for 4K60 mode (though a 32MP R10II would negate this).
- USB UAC. The R50V can be used as a webcam with no extra drivers, whereas the R7 practically can't... Not without the buggy, low quality, subscription Canon webcam app.
- A base ISO of 400 for Clog3 vs 800 for the R7. This is a mixed tradeoff.
- 5GHz wifi, vs 2.4Ghz for the R7. But the Canon Connect app is horrendously slow with 5Ghz anyway, way slower than USB2, and images.canon is kind of dystopian, so this isn't a huge deal.
I'm listing these out because the R10II will hopefully have all this too, unless Canon really cripples it for video. But if none of that sounds important to you, a discount R7I makes a lot of sense.
In addition, the R7I's video IBIS is notoriously "wobbly" and jerky, something they could fix with an R10II. It's possible that sensor readout could improve over the R7I too.
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Currently, my plan is to wait for the R7II to ship, as I assume thats when a ton of R7I bodies will hit the used market and prices hit a local low. And we should have more solid R10II rumors by then.
Right now, there's the R100, R50, R10, and maybe the R50 V.
Nobody looks at the R50V for photography and the rumored R10 ii will be replacing the current R10, so stays at 3.
5 years ago they had basically 9! 90D, 77D, 850D, 250D, 2000D, 4000D! And don't forget M6 ii, M50 ii and M200.